Biggest New Hit: Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In was #21 on NBC. The following two seasons, it became #1. It was
one time special on September 9, 1967; the variety series came on January 1968.

Death: Marion Lorne died from a heart attack on May 9, 1968, in New York City. Ten days later, she won a supporting
actress Emmy for her Aunt Clara role on Bewitched. Elizabeth Montgomery accepted the award on her behalf. Marion also played
Aunt Clara, the same name on Bewitched, in the 1955 movie, The Girl Rush. Years before Bewitched, her costar, Kasey Rogers,
and her were in the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Strangers On The Train. Kasey was the second Louis Tate on Bewitched. Man,
there was a lots of seconds on that show! Seconds, please! I want my seconds!

Movies 2 TV:

Cowboy In Africa was based on the 1967 Hugh O'Brian movie, Africa - Texas Style! Chuck Connors took over Hugh's role.

David Canary returned to TV in Bonanza after a year absence. He was previously on Peyton Place. He became famous on Bonanza.
He left in 1970 due to contact dispute, but he returned in the last season to make up for Blocker's absence.

Chuck Connors returned to a third in a row failed series, Cowboy In Africa. Dear lord! What happened to Chuck? He has been
shooting blanks with his sharpshooter! He need to hang up his cowboy hat and boots, turn in his gun, jump on his horse and
never ever return to town. There was a new sheriff in town.

Van Williams returned to a failed weekly series, The Green Hornet, after a year absence. Van was previous on The Tycoon
with Walter Brennan.

Summer Replacement:

Premiere replaced The Carol Burnett Show for the summer.

Showtime replaced The Red Shelton Hour for the summer.

The Summer Brothers Smothers Show replaced The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for the summer.

TV History: CBS gave the boot to Gilligan's Island. (CBS made a wide choice.) Gunsmoke RETURNED to the top 20
ratings at #4, tying with the OTHER big western, Bonanza! Gunsmoke lasted EIGHT more years on Monday Night. To this
day, Gunsmoke is #1 with the most episodes – 633, lasting for twenty years!

Tidbits:

Two fifth season shows are still going strong – Hollywood Palace and Petticoat Junction, which both shows
finished their finale season in the same year two years later.

Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss were married in real life and played a married couple on He & She.

Premiere shown the Mission: Impossible pilot, Call To Danger. The pilot was made some years earlier. The show, itself,
started in 1966.

The Prisoner is a ITV series from 1967. It lasted for seventeen episodes. CBS aired the series in the summer of 1968 and
1969.

The Saint is a ITV series, originally started in 1962. NBC picked it up in 1967 for three seasons.

1967/68 Fall Season

One Season (1967/68)

Carol Burnett – 1967–1978, CBS, variety, Carol Burnett, Lyle Waggoner

The Flying Nun – 1967–1970, ABC, comedy, Sally Field

Gentle Ben – 1967–1969, CBS, adventure, Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard

The Guns Of Will Sonnett – 1967–1969, ABC, western, Dack Rambo

The High Chaparral – 1967–1971, NBC, western, Leif Erickson

Ironside – 1967–1975, NBC, crime drama, Raymond Burr, Don Galloway

The Jerry Lewis Show – 1967–1969, NBC, variety, Jerry Lewis

Judd, For The Defense – 1967–1969, ABC, drama, Carl Betz

Kraft Music Hall – 1968–1971, NBC, musical variety

Mannix – 1967–1975, CBS, crime drama, Mike Connors

The Mothers-in-law – 1967–1969, NBC, comedy, Eve Arden

N.Y.P.D. – 1967–1969, ABC, crime drama, Jack Warden

Cancelled TV Shows

Accidental Family – NBC, comedy, Jerry Van Dyke

Cimarron Strip – CBS, western, Stuart Whitman

Cowboy in Africa – ABC, adventure, Chuck Connors

The Danny Thomas Hour – NBC, various, Danny Thomas

Dundee & The Culhane – CBS, western, Sean Garrison

Garrison’s Gorillas – ABC, drama, Ron Harper

Good Company – ABC, interview, F. Lee Bailey

Good Morning World – CBS, comedy, Goldie Hawn

He & She – CBS, comedy, Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss

Hondo – ABC, western, Ralph Taeger

The Legend of Custer – ABC, western, Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens

Maya – NBC, adventure, Jay North, Sajid Khan

Off To See The Wizard – ABC, children’s films

The Second 100 Years – ABC, comedy, Monte Markham

12 out of 26 new series SURVIVED for 1968/69

ABC – 4/11, The Flying Nun, The Guns Of Will Sonnett, Judd, For
The Defense & N.Y.P.D.